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Community & Cognition: Keeping the QA mind sharp
As testing evolves with AI, our greatest assets remain deeply human: how we connect to learn and how we critically analyze systems. This edition of Tabăra de Testare focuses on two essential pillars of our profession: the power of community and preserving critical thinking. First, Mikko Paloheimo, QA Coach and co-organizer of the Finnish Testing Meetup Group, takes us behind the scenes of running a massive testing community. By bridging the Finnish and Romanian testing scenes, we’ll explore how communities keep testers learning and what we can adopt from each other. Then, Stefan Bratosin, Senior QA Engineer, challenges the current AI hype. While automation accelerates work, over-relying on predictive text systems can quietly erode a tester's most valuable tool: critical thinking. Stefan will dive into the "Black Box Effect" and introduce a practical framework to ensure AI remains just a tool, not a substitute for our analytical minds.
Panel: Testing in the Age of AI
Software development has changed faster in the last two years than in the previous ten — code is generated in seconds, features ship with built-in chatbots, and AI copilots have quietly become part of almost every team's workflow. QA hasn't stood still either, and on this panel we'll dig into how the craft is shifting in practice: writing tests with AI, generating test data on demand, and rethinking what a test suite even looks like when half the tooling can think back. But the harder questions remain — how do you test systems that don't behave the same way twice, written partly by machines that don't explain themselves? And underneath it all, the one nobody loves saying out loud: if AI is writing the code and helping test it, where does that leave us in two years? Three panelists, one moderator, and a room of QA people figuring out what testing actually looks like now — bring your questions and disagreements, because half of this conversation belongs to the audience.
Agents & Empathy: Build Smarter Tools, Test Like Humans
What happens when you give your AI agent access to any tool it needs — and when you turn user empathy into a quality engine that never stops? At this meetup we explore two sides of the same coin: how to extend AI agent capabilities through Model Context Protocol (MCP), and how to combine authentic manual testing — where you truly feel the user's experience — with smart automation that turns discoveries into action. Whether you want to build your own MCP server or bring a culture of quality to your team, you'll leave with concrete ideas and tools you can apply starting Monday. Presentations: 🔧 Extend Your Agent's Toolbox — What Are MCPs and How to Build Your Own 🧪 Test Like a User. Automate the Rest.
Shift-Left Strategy & Testing Misconceptions
For this edition of Tabara de Testare, we are putting textbook theory aside to discuss the realities on the ground. We are addressing two essential topics that every QA team faces daily: the misconceptions that slow down our work and the eternal "Shift-Left" promise - something many companies preach, but few actually apply properly. We will discover how to dismantle the most common misconceptions about software testing and explore practical strategies to bring testing much earlier into the development process, with a focus on static testing. We believe that no one holds the absolute truth, so we look forward to having you join us for an evening of open technical discussions, experience sharing, and, of course, the traditional networking!
QA 360: De la Mindset de Hacker la Standarde de Calitate
Doua perspective esentiale pentru orice profesionist in QA. Incepem cu Cracking the Code: o poveste personala despre tranzitia de la QA la Security. Afla cum experienta de tester este baza perfecta pentru a deveni Penetration Tester si cum arata drumul pana la a conduce o echipa de profil. Continuam cu Beyond Bug Hunting: provocarea de a defini "idealul" in calitate pentru 10+ proiecte simultan. Vom vedea cum se trece de la subiectivism ("mi se pare ca e bine") la un framework clar care ajuta echipele sa isi identifice singure directia de crestere.
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